| Show GIVEN MARIAGE MARRIAGE By 81 ADELE GARISON GARRISON Madges Madge's Story About Stolen Letter Falls Fails Fais' Fais to Impress the Great Producer My sensation of being a mouse under un un- un der er the p paws ws of ot a. a a malevolently playful play play- tul ful ul cat strengthened decidedly as Philip ilip n asked aked me silkily Jl i f I had lad conjectured how he knew that I had lad met Avis Avi Patchogue But once in a blue blue mon moon an unus unusually aUy lucky mouse may get near near enough to toa toa a a hole to slip down it i and it i was with wih vague hope of such escape in my mind that that I answered mendaciously m but ut sturdily No that is a mystery to me rue but butI I am not surprised Remember the people who work for tor and with you consider you rather omnipotent He bowed elaborately You are most flattering he said but ut 1 I think you are re a little bit surprised never never- No Ne indeed I persisted But what does doc oes it I mater matter anyway I have told you what I know of the encounter and andreaU reaU cally the whole thing is I rather unimportant unimportant dont don't you think I tried to make my voice drawling and indifferent I Im Im not so sure of what y you u are he said and th there re was that in n his Intonations Intonation which m made de me lush flush fush But it It is quite important to tome tome tome me so much so that I mut must risk in your grave displeasure by expressing a doubt concerning what you have told me NOT TELLING THE TRUTH Subconsciously I up my head with anger then felt fel a a a miserable sene sense of hypocritical trickery come over me But Mr apparently saw onI only my reaction a t tion n. n Do not misunderstand me me he said aid I am ami sure sur sure yo you are telling me rne what you think is the truth I I do not doubt th that f tM Mis Miss s Arle Aren concocted he story of wishing to stage a reconciliation reconciliation recon recon- M Mary ry N Nevertheless t He paus paused d. d while I thought miserably miser miser- ably of the way Hu Hugh h Grantland had constructed the abili abill abU for lor Avi Avis which I had telephoned her to use use and which I 1 had just given to the man ma who I knew wa was now studying my face with wih penetrating shrewdness But But Philip V went on on I Iam Iam Iam am not so sr sure you are telling me methe methe the whole truth he paused pause and then continued There is i no use asking you I 1 see You probably fave have given her a pledge plede to shield her ButI ButI But I want you to pO know kow now that th the next time I see her I 1 am going to tax her with being responsible for the loss los loso of the of-the ot the theft rather rather rather-of of that letter leter from you telling telling tell tell- tel ing me of this wedding a and d which I never have r received I had little heart for the defense of a girl whom I knew to be guilty and whose attendance at Marys Mary's wedding I vaguely dreaded but I had given my word to Avis Avi so I muse inns up th the courage to pretend horrified hor hor- rifled rie incredulity Oh Ob surely ur l loU you ot do not think th that tha t 1 of ot her 1 I I exclaimed That Tat would be too horrible Mr gave me mc a long shrewd glance which left lef me a little coldI coldI cold I had not thought from Irom your attitude at at- Hude tude of last lat summer that you would consider this a accusation of mine so horrible he said quietly The reminder prodded me but I Iwa Iwas Iwas was wa prepared for lor it It 1 and I am sure he did not see me wince at it THREATENED PUNISHMENT T I Iown own that I disapproved of some of ol Miss iS Arlen's actions last s summer I said Iq but b t that at docs o not t mean e n that at I i coma Deneve ncr ner gUity 01 ot stealing a letter However it it is not my af af- aI fal You must deal with the situation sIua situa tion Hon as a you think best I can only plead with you to remember that she shei is i s a young girl and I think infatuated infatuated in in- with N NoeL et I am al sure sure you do not need my reminder that she Is s the daughter of your friend and practically penniless except for lor forthe the wages you give her Oh she told you that did she Mr VIr retorted You are right I need to remember of those things But you know also I 1 think that were the he girl my own ow daughter I should not hesitate to t tax her with this or to punish her hes her il if I were convinced she were guilty I gave a little Involuntary shudder not so much in lear ol what he might do to Avis Avis I I really realy could not pump up much sympathy for the girl who so richly deserved punishment punishment but but in memory of ot th the cruel judgment t he had pronounced upon his hi only son in Noels Joel's Nels c college l g days d when for o the s sake e. e or ot a girls gins name oel nan of theft and been suspicion expelled from college lor what later had proven provo en to be the aul lault of ot his quondam friend frend Jack Lesle Leslie Philip was indeed relentless relentless relent relent- les less in judgment and in punishment but I felt fel suddenly weary of combating com coin bating him for fOl the sake of at Avis Avi Ar Ar- len I needed all my mental tal strength and ana re resourcefulness I reminded minded myself my my- self for the struggle to save the original nal h honeymoon ney noon plans plan of Noel and Mary which Lillian and I 1 had pledged ourselves to make before the evening was was' over Mr voice startled started me mc o oUt edt t of my planning Am I Iso so fearsome as nato to cause you to shiver like that than he asked Continued Monday Cop Copyright r 1933 K F. 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